Vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5
CVE-2025-9909
A flaw was found in the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Gateway route creation component. This vulnerability allows credential theft via the creation of misleading routes using a double-slash (//) prefix in the gateway_path. A malicious or socially engineered administrator can configure a honey-pot route to intercept and exfiltrate user credentials, potentially maintaining persistent access or creating a backdoor even after their permissions are revoked.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (6.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 — versions sha256:93b5d66f1fa8a3241d999df47c8430c13fa11b751b5fc3d4a8fd2a39d282b3fd
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8 — versions 0:3.1.1-1.el8ap, 0:25.12.0-1.el8ap, 0:25.12.2-1.1.el8ap
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 9 — versions 0:3.1.1-1.el9ap, 0:25.12.0-1.el9ap, 0:25.12.2-1.1.el9ap
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 — versions sha256:d6bd83a65b6a0ca9cead0652736c51dd1ab02fc8d9ee2a5c19e413a5239c0cb7
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 For Rhel 9 — versions 0:2.6.20251119-1.el9ap
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
- Red Hat Ansible Developer — versions 1.2, 1.3
- Red Hat Ansible Inside — versions 1.3, 1.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21768 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21775 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23069 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23131 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9909 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-9909?
- CVE-2025-9909 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5, classified under CWE-647. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-02-27.
- How severe is CVE-2025-9909?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.